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If only there was a list of words all scientists can share—words that will baffle outsiders unfamiliar with the pressures we face, but that every scientist will understand. This article proposes, in alphabetical order, some that you might find useful.
Why are we so sensitive to residential noise?
The microblogging platform has transformed research communication, but its future is in doubt.
Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff discuss the deficiencies in reading proficiency recently observed in the United States, provide an overview of possible culprits, and recommend how to solve the issue.
From moon missions to fast-charging batteries and AI-sourced antibiotics, in no particular order, the year's significant scientific developments.
Switzerland and other rich countries want to maintain privileged access to vaccines and life-saving treatments - putting global public health at risk.
The European Parliament is facing a reputation crisis after Eva Kaili, one of the its 14 vice presidents, was arrested over corruption charges last Friday. Kaili was one of four people arrested following 16 police searches in Brussels, during which €600,000 cash was seized. Following the arrest, Parliament president Roberta Metsola warned that "European democracy is under attack."
From COVID to space exploration, graphics helped tell some the year’s most important stories
Life may have originated in deep sea vents, without the need for DNA or RNA
In recent weeks, the European Commission outlined its health strategy and the steps needed to be in a better position to tackle future health emergencies.
JAKARTA - Indonesian academics have called out the government for banning five foreign scientists after they questioned official claims of an increase in the country's orangutan population, warning that the move sets a disturbing precedent for academic freedom. In a statement to the government, scientists grouped under the Academic Freedom Advocacy Team called the ban […]
The ERA was launched in January 2000, in the year that the EU set itself the ambitious goal to become by 2010, "the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world", as part of its Lisbon strategy. One of the key planks of the strategy was to raise overall R&D investment within the European Union to 3% of GDP.
Laura Rego Alvarez, Head of Science Policy & Regulation, Cruelty Free International, discusses the science and ethics behind alternatives to animal testing
Caught in a system eager for success stories, a PhD student from an underrepresented background learns how to balance his challenges in the lab with his desire to serve his community.
The world is losing species alarmingly fast. The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), an independent science and policy group, says a million species face extinction. Few animals bring these unsettling losses into sharper focus than birds: Populations of 49% of avian species are decreasing, according to a September 2022 report by […]
Scientists raced to gather the strongest ever biodiversity evidence base. Time is running out to use it.
The recently concluded climate COP also demonstrated how science is integral to multilateralism. Yes, the outcome was a mixed bag. The language on 1.5 degrees C and ending fossil fuels was weak, but we did see history made with a loss and damage fund.
For years, big advances in science and technology have propelled economic growth world-wide. Now, as geopolitical tensions mount, leaders of the US scientific community fret that rising government security measures may kill the goose that laid the golden egg.
Some questionable practices show the publisher is greenwashing.
Likely Republican control of the House presages fiery hearings attacking Biden, but also gridlock
When women refuse requests to do unrewarded tasks, another female colleague often gets asked instead.
Quantum computers have the potential to change the world as profoundly as electricity did.
Imagine if nonprofit leaders, philanthropists, and policy makers no longer had to guess what works but could predict success with scientific certainty. Enter the field of impact science.
Scientific research and its impact are closely linked with the promotion and protection of Human rights. It is imperative to act upon the unequal access to scientific benefits and to guarantee full access to scientific literature and knowledge for all.
The QuantERA programme is designed to accelerate the development of quantum technologies (QT) in Europe, amid global competition. A member of the QuantERA Strategic Advisory Board - a scientific body with a broad range of perspectives in the QT field - has just been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. Prof. Alain Aspect, along with Prof. John. F. Cluster and Prof. Anton Zelilinger received the prize "for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science".
US voters are expected to go to the polls in record numbers on November 8, driven by concerns about inflation, the economy and abortion rights. Layered on top of that are low approval ratings for President Joe Biden and ongoing polarisation among voters and politicians stirred by former President Donald Trump's false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him.
